Indiana Knife Law: stop the misinformation!

[AFA1CY]

Originally Posted by Donnelly

I used to own two or three Chinese throwing stars that I swear I bought in the Logansport mall years ago. Must have been before they wrote that part of the law. I discreetly sent them to the county landfill when I became knowledgeable about firearms and started looking over Indiana weapons code.

I still (cough, cough) see them in some of the (cough, cough) flea markets. As well as some other not so legal (cough, cough) smoking appliances.

[mk2ja]

Originally Posted by AFA1CY

I still (cough, cough) see them in some of the (cough, cough) flea markets. As well as some other not so legal (cough, cough) smoking appliances.

Prolly all those smoking appliances that gave you that (cough, cough) cough.

[Marc]

wow then the LEO's need to step it up at the 1500 then cause there was a booth selling auto openers and throwing knives and throwing stars and the LEO's just walked right on by.

[henry0reilly]

Originally Posted by Marc

wow then the LEO's need to step it up at the 1500 then cause there was a booth selling auto openers and throwing knives and throwing stars and the LEO's just walked right on by.

I saw one guy near the Marine Corps League table with several. He said it was "OK" since he's from Michigan and the he was only offering the knives to law enforcement....

[clt46910]

Assisted opening are legal in Indiana. You are using the blade to open them, not a button.

[pudly]

Question: Are there any laws in Indiana about the length of folding knives?

[Indy_Guy_77]

Originally Posted by xamsx

I was looking into getting a S&W S.W.A.T. assisted opener (large model) a little while back, but after doing a search of and reading through the IN knife laws, I found it would be illegal, due to it's spring.

Originally Posted by Marc

... selling auto openers and throwing knives and throwing stars and the LEO's just walked right on by.

Originally Posted by pudly

Question: Are there any laws in Indiana about the length of folding knives?

xzmsx; assisted opening knives are A-OK. Not that you should base your defense upon it, but they sell assisted opening knives at Walmart. If Walmart deems them OK to sell in Indiana, especially with their huge legal team, then it's probably A-OK. And, according to the Indiana Code, it IS ok.

Marc; just to clarify a bit, throwing knives are A-OK to possess in Indiana. There is nothing in the IC to prohibit them. Throwing stars, yes. Not throwing knives.

Pudly; Please note in the text of the Indiana Code that the OP posted. There is nothing in there about length of blade for either folders or fixed blade knives.

-J-

[cubby]

Originally Posted by pudly

Question: Are there any laws in Indiana about the length of folding knives?

no.

[Vigilant]

I can neither confirm nor deny that there are several gun stores in Indiana, where, whether legal or not, you can purchase automatic knives.

[clt46910]

Short answer is NO.